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Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day 2011

Photos of Events

Scenes from the opening ceremony marking Holocaust Martyr's and Heroes' Remembrance Day 01/05/2011

  • Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu gives his address at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day<br/>Photograph: Yossi Ben David / Yad Vashem
  • President Shimon Peres gives his address at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day<br/>Photograph: Yossi Ben David / Yad Vashem
  • Michael Goldman-Gilad gives the address on behalf of the survivors at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day<br/>Photograph: Yossi Ben David / Yad Vashem
  • Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate Avner Shalev lights the Memorial Torch during the ceremony<br/>Photograph: Yossi Ben David / Yad Vashem
  • IDF soldiers stand at attention during the ceremony<br/>Photograph: Yossi Ben David / Yad Vashem
  • Holocaust survivor Simha Applebaum lights one of the six torches at the ceremony<br/>Photograph: Yossi Ben David / Yad Vashem
  • Holocaust survivor Dina Büchler-Chen lights one of the six torches at the ceremony<br/>Photograph: Yossi Ben David / Yad Vashem
  • Holocaust survivor Andrei Calarasu lights one of the six torches at the ceremony<br/>Photograph: Yossi Ben David / Yad Vashem
  • Holocaust survivor Yona (Janek) Fuchs lights one of the six torches at the ceremony<br/>Photograph: Yossi Ben David / Yad Vashem
  • Holocaust survivor Chava Pressburger lights one of the six torches at the ceremony<br/>Photograph: Yossi Ben David / Yad Vashem
  • Holocaust survivor Avraham Aviel lights one of the six torches at the ceremony<br/>Photograph: Yossi Ben David / Yad Vashem
  • Violinists from the Keshet Eilon play at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day<br/>Photograph: Yossi Ben David / Yad Vashem
  • The six torchlighters<br/>Photograph: Yossi Ben David / Yad Vashem
  • Left to right: Avner Shalev, Simha Applebaum, Dina Büchler-Chen, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Sara Netanyahu, President Shimon Peres, Chava Pressburger and Avraham Aviel<br/>Photograph: Yossi Ben David / Yad Vashem

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